🤔 I was really excited about this book after hearing an interview with Dan on NPR - no plain tomato based sauces! Now that I‘ve thumbed through it, I‘m on the fence so I‘m taking that as a sign I shouldn‘t rush out to buy it. I like the creativity, but many of the recipes are probably best suited for leisurely weekend cooking and when the pantry is stocked with specialty ingredients. I do think I‘d really like the Asian fusion dishes.
My daughter is willing to try this as a summer buddy read with me. Looks like a good pacey vacation YA thriller. Plus it‘s a trilogy, in the event we like it.
I‘m still working on my son to pick a book ……🤞🏾
I‘ve tried both the audio & print and am having difficulty getting into this one. I really thought this would be squarely in my wheelhouse. Maybe I‘m not focusing and need to come back to it another time.
Husband‘s request and I happened to have all the ingredients on hand. Now the fam‘s sweet teeth are all satisfied for the weekend!
This challenge is doing wonders for checking my books before the interwebs. 😊 #Mtcookbook
pickSuch a classic tale of human virtue & vice. 😇😈 It was a tad slow going in the middle, but gained momentum on the other side.
Oh, I feel Celia‘s longing for Field Place. #PersphoneClub
@rubyslippersreads @quietjenn @CarolynM @andrew61 @LeahBergen @Cathythoughts @Caryl @sisilia @Aimeesue @elkeOriginal @Gissy @Bookbuyingaddict @julieclair @willaful @daena
Why yes this edition IS before my time. ☺️ Makes me feel young! I guess I‘m lucky my library system still has a copy to circulate.
By the way, I have 5 library books checked out and it makes me anxious, which is completely irrational. It reminds me though why I shouldn‘t order any while I have one checked out. It‘s also why I prefer to buy so I can hoard them on my shelf. 😜
Easier Italian Weddjng Soup #Mtcookbook
Anyone else freely write notes in your cookbooks? I do; on this page I halved the carrots & celery and doubled the tortellini. Kids enjoyed the soup despite the veggies. 🥕🥬
Beautiful adaption with Helen Mirren! Streaming on Amazon.
I appreciate the complicated & raw relationship between the two women.
No surprises here, except for my neighbors in WI. I may need to float some banned books across the river. 😒
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/04/16/npr-book-bans-2023-pen-america
I fell down the rabbit hole after your comment @Cathythoughts and found two movies - the one you mention from the ‘90‘s and this one from ‘56. What an iconic poster!
pickA fun romp through a classic 1950‘s mystery! Thanks @Cathythoughts for posting about it. 🕵️
pickI looked forward to reading a chapter of this chunkster each night. It is suspenseful, atmospheric, gothic, historical fiction with a couple of twists. It begs questions about what is “natural”, essential identity, and belonging.
Fayne lies within a disputed region between Scotland & England. Resolution either way will dissolve the title, which is central to the main idea.
I‘m a tad disappointed with the end, it was unnecessarily drawn out.
Each time I pick up this book to read I think of Mr. Greene.😭
“‘Unfortunately, it was a moment of sanity. All the rest seems madness to me.‘” #Perspephoneclub
Aside from Fahrenheit 451 in another lifetime, I don‘t believe I‘ve read anything else by Bradbury. This is the choice for my next IRL bookclub; one of the members rereads it each spring. 🤞🏾 I‘m not usually too keen on child protagonists, but I have read in reviews the language is enchanting.
pickRead this for IRL book club and I think I was the only one who liked it! It‘s a difficult tale to summarize but it‘s about the human condition. The absurdity he envelopes it in doesn‘t hide the sadness & consequences of loneliness. I read the prologue 3x because first, Vonnegut bares his soul in his own detached way, and second, it encapsulates the story which follows.
This is my first Vonnegut and I‘m glad to have read it.
Redemption per the kids for the green chile cornbread recipe from the tagged book - a “tamale” pie. My daughter reports the chiles are covered up. 😜
Freezing remainder of the cornbread for a future pie. #Mtcookbook
Sticky Honey Chicken & Green Chile Cornbread is what‘s for dinner. Smells fabulous in the house! #Mtcookbook
so-soSpeculative meanderings with the MC - not really in my wheelhouse.
This wasn‘t the reading experience of Peace Like A River, but to be fair I read it decades ago and no doubt my preferences have changed.
Buffalo chicken chili for an easy win on #Mtcookbook!
Kids were not thrilled with the beans, but husband and I loved it! After reading the ingredient list on a bottle of Buffalo sauce I opted for regular hot sauce instead.
so-soVanilla flavoring. It was entertaining enough to continue listening through to the end, but I won‘t likely remember it.
I was just taken for an absolute joyride of an April Fool‘s joke by Content with their newsletter announcing a name change to align with the city slogan, along with other new tidbits & links. Husband & I spent 15 minutes discussing and I even looked at the new commemorative sticker more than once before reading the label.
Hook, line, & sinker. 🤣🤣
pickThere is a palpable tension and anxiety that builds in this novel because the MC Sunday seems so vulnerable, though there isn‘t anything explicitly threatening in it. I could feel how Sunday‘s rich inner emotional life conflicted with the flat affect of autism she presented. It was a relief when she quit struggling to conform to social expectations and allowed herself to just be. Worth a reread!
pickWhat?! 😳🫨😬😵💫 I am not going to pretend to understand this descent into madness & rage & starvation, in all of the senses of these words.
“The way everything belongs to nature, malicious and beautiful.”
Yup!! 😋 All Corner Pieces Baked Pasta #Mtcookbook
You know those delectable crispy & chewy pieces of pasta around the edges of any baked pasta dish? This is a whole sheet pan of them. Brilliant!
I‘m going to crisp it up even more next time.
pickI am really surprised I haven‘t seen or heard more about this book! First, Blees is a poet so each word matters. Second, the structure is wonderfully imaginative in that the story unfolds over 25 chapters, each having a distinct voice, including that of inanimate objects. (Imagine the translation work! 😅) Finally, it was inspired by a true story, sadly.
It‘s the type of book that leaves an impression & something to think about. 👍🏾👍🏾
Is there anything more comforting than memories of your grandmother? This cookbook & banana bread recipe is from my grandmother. I‘ve tweaked it of course; the secret to moist banana bread is crushed pineapple!
#Mtcookbook Indian spiced lentils last night for dinner. This will be a repeat as a quick & easy flavorful meal. For heat lovers, need to boost it up with either fresh or dried chiles.
Not going to show a pic of the lentils because they aren‘t at all visually appealing, especially since they are the green variety. 😜
Proposed bill in MN to ban banning books in schools & public libraries! I hope it passes! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/21/ban-on-book-bans-introduced-in-minnesot...
I‘ll be even prouder to live on a blue island in a sea of red.
pickTo sum up this story of mother daughter estrangement: bleak. 😕
pickIs this the perfect novel as some describe it? Not in my humble opinion, but there are some really insightful observations about human nature and relationships. Some had me guffawing out loud!
One of my favorites:
“He took a wife, as we have seen, to adorn the remaining quadrant of his course, and be a little moon that would cause hardly a calculable perturbation.” 😂
Win some, lose some. These “cupcakes” had fabulous flavor, but the texture was chewy & doughy. My fault surely for using whole wheat & white flour. I will try again with oat flour. Also, I have no intention of making the tofu frosting. (Too much fuss for me.) Just a light lime glaze will be enough. To be fair, Jane does disclose these aren‘t the light & fluffy cupcakes people have come to expect. They‘re more akin to dense muffins.
#mtcookbook
pickPage turning literary thriller. I enjoyed it @Cathythoughts!
I‘m not sure what to make of “the observer” though. 🤔 Interesting it turns out the women are the “better” characters.
The premise of this is so intriguing and the first chapter has left me wanting more! I‘d rather be reading than working. 🥲
pickAchingly beautiful writing. Superb! 💙
Davies sets this novella in Scotland 1843 during the Great Disruption (church rebellion) and the Clearances (mass removal of poor rural tenants). John Ferguson is hired to remove Ivar, the sole tenant of an Orkney island and the only home he has ever known, to be replaced by sheep. Things happen…….I can‘t share more.
I thought I knew where the story was going, but at each turn I was surprised!
“There are no wrong books. What‘s wrong is the fear of them.”
Just watched the 60 Minutes segment on the effort to ban books, nationwide and in Beaufort, SC. I loved the fact community members volunteered to read the books in question!
Proof is in the pudding about motives. Has nothing to do with liberty and everything about control. The school district already has a form parents can submit to restrict access for THEIR OWN CHILDREN.
Bahahaha a YouTuber I watch says she has to stop buying books because she has a huge unread pile - 8. 8 is a pile. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
All other reading is coming to a screeching halt today! 👏🏾
Davies became an auto buy author years ago after reading Redemption of Galen Pike. Every single story in it was 10 for me. Since then I‘ve read all her other writing and I sound like a fan girl. 😂
Heads-up! $1.99 on Kindle in the US. 😁
Based on the blurb and reviews, looks to be a compelling read.
Just because I‘m procrastinating……sharing nap time pic.
Laugh out loud moment when Renkl mistakes a vacuum cleaner clog for a long sought after owl pellet.
A “Hoover pellet.” 🤣🤣
so-soRead for IRL book club. It is a David v. Goliath memoir: organic farm vs. the weather, residential development, and a Koch Industries pipeline.
It is well written, but memoir isn‘t my genre unless the life and events are way outside the scope of my world.
pickI was so sure this was based on a literary short story or novella! I guess not, it fooled me. 🙃 It‘s a love story, but not one you‘d expect.
Still it has all the vibes of great story telling. It‘s beautifully filmed and the acting is terrific.
@Cathythoughts gorgeous scenery off the west coast of Ireland - I thought of you. ☘️
Berries & Biscuits served with ice cream. It definitely needs cream of some sort as the berries are tart. 😚😚 Thumbs up for this and the teriyaki salmon because both recipes were easy & teen approved. 👍🏾
#Mtcookbook
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pickAs always, snorts & chuckles out loud to accompany Smith‘s astute observations about humanity. Reading the principle characters is like returning home to a warm hug, even with their sometimes annoying quirks.
Wit & wisdom, that‘s an apt description.
Not every book in the series has a 5 star plot, but devotees don‘t care. 😄
pickI‘d like to get this one in print because the prose is akin to an elegy, a plea really, to awaken us to the beauty & fragility of our planet. 🌍
And this cover!!
Not at all book related, but I finally got to watch this on Hulu. 😭😭
I could learn a few things from Fred.
Then I fell into a rabbit hole watching interviews with Hanks about making the movie.
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